Thalassiosira species (Bacillariophyceae, Thalassiosirales) in the North Sea at Helgoland (German Bight) and Sylt (North Frisian Wadden Sea) - A first approach to assessing diversity

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-288

  Hoppenrath, Mona ^a,b   Beszteri, Bank ^a   Drebes, Gerhard ^a   Halliger, Hannelore ^a   Van Beusekom, Justus E E ^a   Janisch, Silvia ^a   Wiltshire, Karen H ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diatoms; Helgoland Reede; Microalgae; Morphology; Phytoplankton; Seasonality; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; SYLT;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA AESTIVALIS; THALASSIOSIRA ANGULATA; THALASSIOSIRA CONCAVIUSCULA; THALASSIOSIRA CONSTRICTA; THALASSIOSIRA CURVISERIATA; THALASSIOSIRA DELICATULA; THALASSIOSIRA GUILLARDII; THALASSIOSIRA HENDEYI; THALASSIOSIRA MINIMA; THALASSIOSIRA MINUSCULA; THALASSIOSIRA OCEANICA; THALASSIOSIRA PACIFICA; THALASSIOSIRA PUNCTIGERA; THALASSIOSIRA TENERA; THALASSIOSIRALES;

EID: 34548125271     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260701352288     Document Type: Article

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